PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- One year after the Pittsfield American Little League All-Stars came within a game of going to Williamsport, most of the players from that group are poised to make another run -- this time as Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Stars. The Pittsfield 13s next week head to Stamford, Conn., for the New England Regional and a shot at the Babe Ruth World Series later this summer. To prepare, the team cruised through a travel schedule in the Eastern New York Baseball League, going 10-1 and outscoring opponents 104-22 along the way. Evan Blake leads the Pittsfield 13s with an eye-popping .800 batting average and five home runs. He has 20 hits and 24 RBIs this

WALTHAM, Mass. -- The West team in the Bay State Games boys lacrosse tournament won twice on Wednesday to improve to 3-0. It opened the day with a dominating win over the Northeast team. In the afternoon, the West came from behind to edge the Southeast/Coastal team, 7-6. In the morning game, Hoosac Valley’s Nate Haley, a student at Drury High, scored four goals. Wahconah’s Corey Bazonski had an assist in the win. In the day’s second game, Chicopee Comp’s Griffin Larochelle scored in the final minute to break a 6-6 tie and keep the West undefeated. Haley and Wahconah’s Ernie Lampron each scored a goal, and Mount

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Pittsfield National Little League All-Stars will not get to play for a district championship on Friday night. But the Nats got to walk off their field at Clapp Park Wednesday night in their last Little League tournament game. Chase Wendling struck out nine in a four-inning win, and Christian Aldrich hit a two-run home run to lead the NL to a 16-6 win over Adams-Cheshire in the last game of the round-robin in the Don Gleason District 1 10- to 12-year-old tournament. The defeat cost Adams (1-3) a chance to play for the title on Friday against the Pittsfield AL (4-0). Instead, Great Barrington (2-2) advances to the final by virtue of its

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Aarron Whitman went 3-for-3 and scored four times Tuesday to help the Berkshire Americans 15-and-under travel baseball team defeat the Capital Renegades, 19-17. Dylan Harrison and Nick Lescarbeau each had two hits, including a double, in a 17-hit Berkshire attack. Colby Bleau went 3-for-4 with three RBIs, and Harrison drove in three. DeGrenier and Bleau split time on the mound, striking out nine between them. The Americans (3-3) play the Capital City Kings on Friday in Rotterdam.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Adams-Cheshire Little League All-Stars Tuesday moved to within one win of a berth in the Don Gleason District 1 10- to 12-year-old tournament final. Adams (1-2) beat Great Barrington, 7-5, on Tuesday for its first win in the five-team round robin. The final game of the round-robin is on Wednesday at Clapp Park against the Pittsfield National League (1-2). If Adams wins, it will finished tied with Great Barrington (2-2) for second place in the tournament and advance to the final based on the result of Tuesday's head-to-head meeting. If the Pittsfield Nats win on Wednesday, they would finish at 2-2 but lose the head-to-head tie-breaker

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Drury High student and Hoosac Valley boys lacrosse player Nate Haley had a hat trick on Tuesday to help the West team to a 16-6 win over the Metro in the Bay State Games boys lacrosse tournament. Wahconah’s Ernie Lampron and Mount Greylock’s Mac Waynick each scored a goal in the win. Wahconah’s Corey Bazonski contributed on defense, and Hoosac Valley’s Lucas Waterman played midfield for the West, which got faceoff and longstick midfield play from Mount Greylock’s Cole Filson. The West has two games on Wednesday, playing the Northeast in the morning and the Southeast/Coastal team in the afternoon. The bronze and gold

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- Both Berkshire County teams finished out of the running for a spot in the semi-finals at the Cal Ripken Baseball 9-year-old Western Mass State Championships. The Williamstown Huskies earned their first win on Monday, beating Marlboro, 16-15, to finish 1-3 in the tournament's National Division. The Berkshire All-Stars went 0-4 in the tournament's American Division. The top two teams in each division play in semi-finals, rescheduled to Tuesday after rain over the weekend. Marlboro faces Hudson at Bud Anderson Field while Douglas plays Nipmuc at the Williamstown Elementary School field. The two winners will meet Wednesday at Bud

Tyler Gaudette had a double and a triple for the Pittsfield Babe Ruth 14-year-old all-stars in a 13-13 tie against Upstate Athletics on Monday evening. Charlie Heiman doubled, and Matt Lee went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in the game, which went to 10 innings. Pittsfield used five pitchers in the game. Lee struck out five walk allowing just one earned run. Pittsfield's seven errors in the game led to eight unearned runs.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Kyle McGrath went 4-for-4 Monday to lead the Pittsfield National Little League All-Stars to a 14-4 win over Dalton-Hinsdale in the Donald Gleason District 1 10- to 12-year-old tournament. Ethan O'Donnell earned the win on the mound and helped his cause with a single in the four-inningn game. For Dalton-Hinsdale, Sam McLaughlin doubled and James Rabuse had a pair of hits. Jack Reed had three hits, and Jack Abel had a pair of hits for the Pittsfield Americans. Jason Codey tripled, and Aiden Alibozek doubled. Simon Mele earned the win on the mound. Great Barrington got hits from Grayson Beacco and Cian Bose. On Tuesday at

DALTON, Mass. -- Nathan Dos Santos carded a 79 Monday at Wahconah Country Club to win the first Berkshire County Junior Golf series event of the summer. Dos Santos, who plays out of Worthington Golf Club, defeated Harrison Seeley of Cranwell, who placed second with an 89, and Daniel Wilson of Wahconah CC (98) in the 16-and-over division. In the 14-15 age group, Berkshire Hills' Brenden Hayden placed first with an 81. It was a tight group atop the leaderboard behind Hayden. Nate Murphy (G.E.A.A) was right behind him with an 83, and Max DiGrigoli (Country Club of Pittsfield) and Max Shepardson (Greenock CC) tied for third at 84. In the 13-and-under age group,